Scream Queen (1997) – Brad Sykes.

Shot on muzzy Video back in '97, this lively, schlock-tastically entertaining indie-slasher is now bloodily unleashed upon a spankingly sweet Blu-ray edition, giving Quigley addicts the welcome opportunity of appreciating one of her most unfairly neglected horror gems. Slinky splatter diva Malicia Tombs (Linnea Quigley) storms angrily off the set of a micro-budget S.O.V slasher, and is tragically killed in a fatal car accident...or was she? I must first enthusiastically state that, thus far, I have yet to purchase any Vengeance Video title that I haven't unreservedly fallen madly in love with. This is, of course, an entirely subjective rationale, but I absolutely dig on the fact they haven't let me down, and, happily, Scream Queen is yet another wickedly warped winner! Midway-ish Scream Queen luridly left-turns in a fabulously faux Gothic fashion, whereupon a shadowy slayer gruesomely bumps off the unsuspecting cast and crew in a deliciously grisly, Agatha Crispie'd fashion! The palpable shortcomings of a low budget, and shooting with such rudimentary equipment only rarely detracts from Scream Queen's prodigious, frequently inventive, and rewardingly bloody kill frenzies! Excluding the occasional visual infidelities of the format, Scream Queen has a generosity of Schlocky paraphernalia to recommend it to slasher fans. While horror vixen Quigley is a scream, the unknown cast prove no less credible, with much tittersome scene-stealage done by stoner FX dude Squib, and the diminutive Runyon (Kurt Levee), who is utterly delightful as Malicia's quietly menacing manservant.